From the words τῆλε, (tēle), "far" and φωνή, (phōnē), "voice" or "yell".
Telephone, microphone, phonics
The word Exodus is Latin and comes almost directly from Greek. The Greek word is exodos and comes from two other Greek words: ex 'out of' and hodos'way'
"Tele" is from the Greek word for "distant"; the prefix means "from a distance." "Phone" comes from the Greek for "sound." Therefore, "telephone" is "sound from a distance." Logical, no?
It comes from the Greek words for "joint" and "foot."
The Greek word for telephone is "τηλέφωνο" (tiléfono).
Techne is the ancient Greek word for "art."
The Greek roots of "telephone" are tele- "at a distance" and phoneo "speak."
It comes from the Latin words for "alone" and "speak." (It is not Greek)
The Greek word "arthropos" means "human" or "person." It comes from the combination of "artha," which means "joint," and "opos," which means "appearance" or "sight," reflecting the idea of a being with joints or limbs.
the words geometry comes from the greek word geometria.
The word "telephone" is based on the Greek words for "distance" and "sound."
The Greek roots of "telephone" are tele- "at a distance" and phoneo "speak."